A lot of our build jobs fail at the moment as of the "Insufficient privileges" problem since the update to 5.x. The problem should be fixed in SonarQube 5.1 as stated in here but either it is in fact not fixed or there is another problem with the same error as we currently run SonarQube 5.1.1.
Here's an example of the error message:
08:27:13 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin:2.6:sonar (default-cli) on project server: Fail to decorate 'org.sonar.api.resources.File@b77a66[key=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,path=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,filename=TOTPAlgorithm.java,language=Java]': Insufficient privileges -> [Help 1]
08:27:13 org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin:2.6:sonar (default-cli) on project server: Fail to decorate 'org.sonar.api.resources.File@b77a66[key=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,path=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,filename=TOTPAlgorithm.java,language=Java]'
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:216)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:355)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:216)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:160)
08:27:13 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
08:27:13 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
08:27:13 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
08:27:13 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
08:27:13 Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Fail to decorate 'org.sonar.api.resources.File@b77a66[key=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,path=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,filename=TOTPAlgorithm.java,language=Java]'
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.mojo.sonar.bootstrap.ExceptionHandling.handle(ExceptionHandling.java:41)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.mojo.sonar.bootstrap.RunnerBootstraper.execute(RunnerBootstraper.java:139)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.mojo.sonar.SonarMojo.execute(SonarMojo.java:132)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132)
08:27:13 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
08:27:13 ... 19 more
08:27:13 Caused by: org.sonar.api.utils.SonarException: Fail to decorate 'org.sonar.api.resources.File@b77a66[key=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,path=src/main/java/ch/ti8m/security/hwtoken/server/services/impl/TOTPAlgorithm.java,filename=TOTPAlgorithm.java,language=Java]'
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DecoratorsExecutor.executeDecorator(DecoratorsExecutor.java:104)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DecoratorsExecutor.decorateResource(DecoratorsExecutor.java:87)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DecoratorsExecutor.decorateResource(DecoratorsExecutor.java:79)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DecoratorsExecutor.decorateResource(DecoratorsExecutor.java:79)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DecoratorsExecutor.execute(DecoratorsExecutor.java:71)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DatabaseModePhaseExecutor.execute(DatabaseModePhaseExecutor.java:127)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:264)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:92)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:77)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:235)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:230)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:228)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:220)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:92)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:77)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ScanTask.scan(ScanTask.java:57)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.scan.ScanTask.execute(ScanTask.java:45)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.TaskContainer.doAfterStart(TaskContainer.java:135)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:92)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:77)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.executeTask(GlobalContainer.java:158)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.executeTask(Batch.java:95)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:67)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.batch.IsolatedLauncher.execute(IsolatedLauncher.java:48)
08:27:13 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
08:27:13 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
08:27:13 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
08:27:13 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher$1.delegateExecution(BatchLauncher.java:87)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher$1.run(BatchLauncher.java:75)
08:27:13 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher.doExecute(BatchLauncher.java:69)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher.execute(BatchLauncher.java:50)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.api.EmbeddedRunner.doExecute(EmbeddedRunner.java:102)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.runner.api.Runner.execute(Runner.java:100)
08:27:13 at org.codehaus.mojo.sonar.bootstrap.RunnerBootstraper.execute(RunnerBootstraper.java:135)
08:27:13 ... 22 more
08:27:13 Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Insufficient privileges
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.ServerClient.handleHttpException(ServerClient.java:137)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.ServerClient.request(ServerClient.java:107)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.ServerClient.request(ServerClient.java:99)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.ServerClient.request(ServerClient.java:87)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.DefaultServerLineHashesLoader.loadHashesFromWs(DefaultServerLineHashesLoader.java:47)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.DefaultServerLineHashesLoader.getLineHashes(DefaultServerLineHashesLoader.java:38)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.SourceHashHolder.initHashes(SourceHashHolder.java:52)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.SourceHashHolder.getHashedReference(SourceHashHolder.java:60)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.IssueTracking.mapIssues(IssueTracking.java:83)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.IssueTracking.track(IssueTracking.java:55)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.IssueTrackingDecorator.doDecorate(IssueTrackingDecorator.java:139)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.issue.tracking.IssueTrackingDecorator.decorate(IssueTrackingDecorator.java:113)
08:27:13 at org.sonar.batch.phases.DecoratorsExecutor.executeDecorator(DecoratorsExecutor.java:96)
08:27:13 ... 57 more
08:27:13 [ERROR]
08:27:13 [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
08:27:13 [ERROR]
08:27:13 [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
08:27:13 [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
08:27:13 SonarQube analysis completed: FAILURE
08:27:13 Build step 'SonarQube' changed build result to FAILURE
08:27:13 Build step 'SonarQube' marked build as failure
Any ideas on how to fix it? The workaround to gave permission to anyone is a NoGo as the whole system must respect some NDAs and so the access is restricted.